BUG #4073: ERROR: invalid input syntax for type timestamp: "Sat Mar 29 04:47:06 WEST 2008"

["Pedro Alves" <pedro(at)neraka(dot)no-ip(dot)org>]

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      4073
Logged by:          Pedro Alves
Email address:      pedro(at)neraka(dot)no-ip(dot)org
PostgreSQL version: 8.2.7
Operating system:   Linux Slackware 11 and 12
Description:        ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type timestamp: "Sat
Mar 29 04:47:06 WEST 2008"
Details: 

Since saturday Portugal is in WEST timezone. Some of my programs stopped
working. Those programs use the output of java.util.Date, and come out as
"Sat Mar 29 04:47:06 WEST 2008".


Though not everyone uses that kind of output in timezones, everyone that
uses a recent jvm and are in portugal, faroe island or canary island will
have issues with this. Ref:
http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/eu/west.html


I found a way to *hack* the solution by copying the file Portugal to WEST in
share/timezones

Thanks